Social Rented Housing: Waiting Lists

Eric Pickles: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 
	(1)  how many households in England were on local authority waiting lists for social housing in 2007;
	(2)  the average period of time a household spent on local authority waiting lists before obtaining social housing was in the latest period for which figures are available.

Iain Wright: For information on the number of households on local authority waiting lists I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 19 March 2008,  Official Report, columns 1198-99W.
	Information on the average wait for households on local authority waiting lists is not collected centrally.